IIDMA publishes the progress and weaknesses of MAPFRE Group’s climate commitments
MAPFRE has committed to stop insuring and investing in companies that do not have a plan to keep global warming to around 1.5ºC
Energy Transition
IIDMA achieves a 50% reduction in the emissions authorized for the Ibiza Thermal Power Plant
The plant’s Environmental Authorization had been updated in February, with NOx emission limits much higher than those allowed by European legislation. Second success for IIDMA in the Balearic Islands in less than a year. Last February 17th the Plenary of the Environmental Commission of the Balearic Islands published a revision of the Integrated Environmental Authorization …
Environmental specialists meet at the “1st conference on climate change and energy action at the regional level” organized by IIDMA
In attendance was Mireia Mollà, Councillor for Climate Emergency of the Valencian Community, Fermín Serrano, Commissioner for the 2030 Agenda of Aragon, and Ana Barreira, Director of IIDMA, and more. One year after the approval of the Climate Change and Energy Transition Law, Spain continues to lack in inter-administrative coordination and transparency. Specialists from the …
Civil society opposes additional unnecessary gas infrastructures
In response to the publication of the REPowerEU strategy, the Gas Is No Solution network, of which IIDMA is a member, has published a manifesto.
IIDMA goes to court for the emissions authorized to the thermal power plant of Es Murterar (Alcúdia).
A review completed by the Integrated Environmental Authorization (AAI) for the thermal plant that was agreed to by the Environmental Commission of the Balearic Islands contradicts regulations, alleges the environmental organization. The International Institute for Law and the Environment (IIDMA) has filed a lawsuit before the Contentious-Administrative Chamber of the High Court of Justice for …
IIDMA wins court case against Meirama coal plant landfill´s environmental permit
he Supreme Court of Galicia (Spain) has ruled in favour of the IIDMA upholding a judicial review filed in June 2019 by the NGO against the Administration of Autonomous Community of Galicia.
Law Proposal amending Law 24/2013, of 26 December of the Electricity Sector
Law Proposal amending Law 24/2013, of 26 December of the Electricity Sector with respect to the authorization procedure for the closure of electricity generation installations.
The Climate Change and Energy Transition Law Proposal of the Popular Party
On June 22nd, the Popular Party Group in Congress registered a Climate Change and Energy Transition Law Proposal. Its text is that of the draft Law which the same party had been hiding in the drawer while it was in government.
The received heritage: Spanish energy and climate change policy
After her recent inauguration, the Minister of Ecological Transition, Teresa Ribera, has an arduous task in her portfolio considering the heritage received from the previous government.
